The Goulbourn News newsletter of The Goulbourn Township Historical Society Issue #3 - 2010

Photo by Mike Bryan

COMING EVENTS

October 16, the Historical Society welcomes author David Mulholland to our meeting at the Stittsville Library. And what more appropriate location for a writer of Historical Fiction. And of course, how wonderful for those interested in history, research, genealogy, reading or writing, as David talks about history - fact and fiction- and about how, often it is difficult to separate the two. To quote this author: David has a short presentation entitled "How Historical Fiction Complements the Historical Record." He uses examples from both his novels as well as examples from historical novels by other authors. The subject of research is a part of the presentation, and is designed to generate discussion. For example: Do the "facts" tell us everything ?

David has written two books, one on the McNabs and his most recent on the Last Duel in , held in Perth. David will also have books for sale -what a great opportunity to purchase Christmas gifts. (Continued on next page)

Goulbourn Township Historical Society – Newsletter 2010_3 page 1 MULHOLLAND (con’d) Hope to see you at the Library, Stittsville-Main St, at 1:30, Saturday October 16. As usual admittance, parking and refreshments are free. It is recommended you park next door at the old fire station so as not to interfere with library patrons. See you there. In the meantime, if you are interested in obtaining more information, check out the sites below. www.davidmulholland.ca

DUEL, print edition: http://gsph.com/index.php?ID=545&Lang=En DUEL, e-book edition: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/10052 McNab, print edition: http://gsph.com/index.php?ID=441&Lang=En McNab, e-book edition: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/11063

November 20 , at the Legion Hall, the Historical Society is pleased to present St. Andrew's Day- a celebration of all things Scottish. There will be dancers, singing, stories, facts, and food. The celebration starts at 1:30 and the Legion is accessible via steps or a ramp on the left as you face the front door.

December 18, is the Historical Society Christmas Party (details to follow).

On the third Saturday in March, 2011 , there will be a presentation on The United Empire Loyalists with concentration on Eastern .

****************************************************************************** Most of us do not really know our fellow members. This is the fifteenth of a series of life profiles to introduce each other. If you wish to volunteer before you are “volunteered”, please give Bernie Shaw a call at 613 836-5533.

Introducing: Barbara Bottriell

Barb was born in Hamilton and her family moved to nearby Dundas where she went to high school. She attended McMaster University and graduated with an Honours BA in English and French Literature with a side interest in History. Her academic success earned her a bursary from the French government which she used to continue her studies at Aix-en- Provence for a year. She returned to Canada and settled in Toronto starting her career of freelance writing and broadcasting. She did interviews and documentaries for both radio and television and wrote articles for Chatelaine, The Star Weekly, and The Canadian Composer.

Goulbourn Township Historical Society – Newsletter 2010_3 page 2 Music has played an important part in Barb’s life. She studied voice for 8 years, and took soprano lead roles in several operettas while at university, and was soloist with classical music presentations such as Mozart and Gluck with the university choir. More recently, she has sung with the Stittsville Anglican Church Choir, and presents Scottish folk songs with a group of Scottish dancers who entertain at a variety of local venues.

A major career change came in 1970 when Barb undertook a creative writing, exhibitions and audio visual media assignment with the federal government. About the same time she took up sailing and met her future husband John at the RA Sailing Club. They were married in 1975 and moved to Stittsville in 1977: “A nice quiet little village not too far from and with reasonable house prices – those were the days!” Kate was born in 1980 (now an environmental consultant) and Ian in 1983 (now working in structural engineering).

The regular appearance of a deer in Stittsville inspired Barb to chronicle the event in a book “The Story of Mowoo” and in 1998 she published a history of the village: “Stittsville: A Sense of Place.” This led to an invitation to join the Goulbourn Township Historical Society and twelve years later, in January 2010, she was elected President of the Society. Barb’s interest in local history and activities continues to be demonstrated in her writing: for example, we see her regular column in due West on local places of interest.

Millennium Year saw the amalgamation of Goulbourn into Greater Ottawa, an event registered by a large group of enthusiastic local citizens with a historical drama “Caretaker of Dreams”, performed in the auditorium of the recently-completed Holy Spirit High School. Barb completed the script and was Musical Director of the highly-successful show.

Barb and John continue their interest in sailing and camping during the summer months, replaced by skiing and Scottish country dancing in the winter. They love travelling and exploring the architecture of the places they visit. One of their travel highlights was a trip to Tanzania in 2008 when John and Kate climbed Kilimanjaro while Barb volunteered at a school and orphanage in Arusha.

I am looking for War Veterans from the Goulbourn Twp for a Remembrance Book that I am working on for the Goulbourn Museum. If you know of a Veteran that should be included please contact Brenda Holtz at 613-591-0244 or by e-mail [email protected]

DEADLINE APPROACHING

Just a reminder to all our G.T.H.S. members that the deadline for the Heritage Photo Contest will soon be here. Contest details are posted further on in this newsletter.

The Newsletter Would you be interested in receiving your Newsletter on-line? This will help the G.T.H.S. by saving on the cost of printing, envelopes and postage. Please let us know. Our email address is [email protected]

Goulbourn Township Historical Society – Newsletter 2010_3 page 3 Thank you, BROADWAY BAR & GRILL, for supporting G.T.H.S.

G.T.H.S. extends hearty thanks to the folks at Stittsville’s Broadway Bar & Grill, who have recently given us a cash donation.

10% of food price paid when patrons have quoted our fundraising code number, 396.

And thanks as well to the members who are supporting us by patronizing this local business and mentioning that number: Go Team 396!

ADD A SMILE TO YOUR DAY

You have to be a certain age to appreciate this. I can still hear my mother now . . .

THE BASIC RULES FOR CLOTHESLINES: (if you don't know what clotheslines are, better skip this) 1. You had to wash the clothes line before hanging any clothes. (walk the entire lengths of each line with a damp cloth around the lines).

2. You had to hang the clothes in a certain order, and always hang "whites" with "whites," and hang them first.

3. You never hung a shirt by the shoulders - always by the tail! What would the neighbors think?

4. Wash day on a Monday ... Never hang clothes on the weekend, or Sunday, for Heaven's sake!

5. Hang the sheets and towels on the outside lines so you could hide your "unmentionables" in the middle. (perverts & busybodies, y'know!)

6. It didn't matter if it was sub zero weather ... clothes would "freeze-dry.”

7. Always gather the clothes pins when taking down dry clothes! Pins left on the lines were “tacky!"

8. If you were efficient, you would line the clothes up so that each item did not need two clothes pins, but shared one of the clothes pins with the next washed item.

9. Clothes off of the line before dinner time, neatly folded in the clothes basket, and ready to be ironed.

10. IRONED?! Well, that's a whole other subject!

Goulbourn Township Historical Society – Newsletter 2010_3 page 4 POEM It also told when illness struck, As extra sheets were hung; A clothesline was a news forecast Then nightclothes, and a To neighbours passing by, bathrobe, too, There were no secrets you could Haphazardly were strung. keep When clothes were hung to dry. It also said, "Gone on vacation now" It also was a friendly link When lines hung limp and bare. For neighbours always knew It told, "We're back!" when full If company had stopped on by lines sagged To spend a night or two. With not an inch to spare!

For then you'd see the "fancy New folks in town were scorned sheets" upon And towels upon the line; If wash was dingy and gray, You'd see the "company table As neighbours carefully raised cloths" their brows, With intricate designs. And looked the other way .. . .

The line announced a baby’s birth But clotheslines now are of the From folks who lived inside - past, As brand new infant clothes were For dryers make work much hung, less. So carefully with pride! Now what goes on inside a home Is anybody's guess! The ages of the children could So readily be known I really miss that way of life. By watching how the sizes changed, It was a friendly sign You'd know how much they'd When neighbors knew each other grown! best By what hung on the line

PRESIDENT'S REMARKS

The year seems to be flying by and the Historical Society has been active in the community over the last few months. We had a booth at Stittsville's Canada Day celebration and gave out lots of small Canadian flags as well as enticing many people to do the “Stittsville Quiz” we had prepared. Participants said they all learned something about Stittsville's history.

In August we participated in Colonel By Days at the Museum downtown and featured Richmond Ontario and the connection between the Duke of Richmond and the building of the canal. Then in September we had a booth at Villagefest in Stittsville and our Vice-President Lee

Goulbourn Township Historical Society – Newsletter 2010_3 page 5 Boltwood fashioned a great scarecrow called George and we also featured historical farm pictures lent to us from the Hobbs family and modern harvest pictures taken by member Mike Bryan. It was a beautiful day and lots of people stopped by the booth.

Also in September we sallied forth with a float in the Richmond Fair parade. There were seven people on the float plus a dog and a fiddle, and in our historical costumes, I think we made a colourful addition to the parade. Our theme was “Support Local Heritage”. Member Jim Evans provided some lively tunes on the fiddle (who else in the Society has hidden talents we don't yet know about!) and Virginia Notley's dog Ginger provided much amusement and pleasure to the parade crowd.

History Prizes On September 17 th the Historical Society presented a history prize to Kayla Dawn Pudden at the Frederick Banting Alternate School. Our second history prize is scheduled to be presented at South Carleton High School to Leah Clark on October 7 th . The third prize will be presented a little later in the fall at Sacred Heart High School.

Historical Plaques Arrangements have been made with six building owners in Richmond to have historical information plaques placed on their properties. We hope to have these completed before winter sets in. Ongoing discussions with at least four other building owners are continuing.

Heritage Photo Contest The deadline is October 16 th and we encourage all members to enter some photos. The countryside is beautiful at this time of year and a short drive may yield some excellent results. Or if you live on a heritage property, or have some interesting items in your shed or barn, why not photograph them and enter the contest. Our contest judge, Gentleman John Brummell, will be waiting to view them.

Museum Incorporation At this point the Museum group has not yet filed for incorporation but is still planning to do so. They will also be requesting charitable status from Revenue Canada. The Board of Directors of the Historical Society will be recommending to its membership that some of its assets, including its three-dimensional artefacts, be turned over to the ownership of the new museum If the membership approves, a legal transfer would be made once the new museum achieves charitable status. There will be further discussion about this with regard to exactly which assets would be transferred and what would be the conditions of transfer.

As Bugs Bunny used to say – “That's all for now folks!”

Barbara Bottriell

THE NEWSLETTER COMMITTEE We are looking for creative writers; memoirs, historical extract, and items of interest. Please contact Virginia at 613-836-1556.

Goulbourn Township Historical Society – Newsletter 2010_3 page 6 G.T.H.S. Members in Action

Lillian Hobbs with her two sons Keith and Clifton at the 150th celebration of their Jill Carty "manning" the GTHS booth at farm on Mansfield Road in August. Villagefest.

Historical characters The Duke, Maria Hill, fiddler and others wave to the crowd at the Richmond Fair.

Goulbourn Township Historical Society – Newsletter 2010_3 page 7 ENTER OUR HERITAGE PHOTO CONTEST!

Contest to be judged by well-known Stittsville photojournalist John Brummell

There are six categories to enter and you can submit two entries for each of them. 1) Historical Goulbourn buildings 2) “Good fences make good neighbours” 3) Old roads and trails 4) “Then and Now” 5) “Grave matters” - a cemetery scene or headstone 6) Antiques from attics or sheds. There are prizes - $100 for the best photo overall and six $25 prizes – one for the best entry in each of the 6 categories.

Contest Rules 1. Contest open to anyone (other than GTHS Board members), who is interested in taking pictures. 2. Photographs must be taken in either Richmond, Stittsville, Ashton, Munster or the rural farms and countryside within the former Goulbourn Township. 3. There is no entry fee, but all entries become the property of the Goulbourn Township Historical Society. 4. Photographs must not have been previously published or publicly displayed. 5. You may submit two entries per category. 6. Judging will be based on both Historic Interest and Photographic value (i.e. Lighting, composition, impact, etc.) Some enhancement is possible but the photograph must be true. 7. Photography may be in colour or black and white. 8. Photographs must not exceed 8 inches by 12 inches, and must not be framed or mounted. 9. Photographs may be digital print copies or traditional prints, but not slides. 10. All entries are to be dropped off at the Librarian's Desk in either Richmond, Stittsville or Munster Public Libraries. 11. Please label each picture on the reverse side with your name, address and phone number. Specify the category of each entry. Give the name of the item, any pertinent information or the location of the building or scene you have photographed. 12. Extra points will be given for historical information such as the date a building was built, name of first owner if relevant, where an item is located. 13. Deadline for submission of entries is October 16, 2010.

Good luck! For further information call Lee Boltwood at 613 836-1491

Goulbourn Township Historical Society – Newsletter 2010_3 page 8 LOOKING BACK people that learn faster than others. If they didn’t learn, they had nightmares with INTERVIEW WITH DR. KENNETH mastitis. As a result of their innocence when HARTIN of 6019 Perth Street, Richmond, they bought the milking machine, they often Ontario - Interviewed conducted and thought well, I will turn the vacuum up that transcribed by G.T.H.S. member Cheryl McCoy that would milk them faster. That was not (July 2007) the solution but created more problems. It This is the third segment of our 4 part story. was a learning process and we learn from our mistakes. If we don’t, you do not stay in I remember back in the 30’s, George that business. McLean from Manotick, would come along The biggest change over the years is the and buy barley from my Dad and it would lack of extended families now on the farms. go to Bradings Brewery to make beer. That I used to go out on a call and you were was income for the farmers. When the war always asked in after for a cup of tea and was on from 1939 to 1945, Herb Stinson and something to eat. Grandpa and Grandma Charlie Foster started a flax mill in would be sitting rocking away listening to Richmond to make linen to be used in the the Frank Ryan show on the radio and Mom factories. The mill burnt three times and and kids would be in the kitchen. Many of they did not rebuild the last time. That mill the farms were like that. I got $5.00 or $6.00 was south across the road from South a visit and was happy to get a call even in Carleton High School. They graduated from the middle of the night. I’d go out on some barley to flax and with engineering and of these calls and get home and say to Kay genetics; they were able to develop a hybrid “you don’t have to be crazy to be a country strain of corn that required less heat units vet but it sure helps”. We were like a lot of per season. Here was the challenge, they had other people starting out. We had a identified the problem, so they went ahead mortgage to pay so when calls came in at and got the corn production going in the night, you went. We were part of a very colder parts of Ontario like here. This was special community. We had bought a little the shift from barley to corn. If a farmer had house down on the river near the old bank in ten acres of corn, that was a big field of Richmond and moved in there around 1952 corn. Today, you see a 1000 acre field of and practiced there for three or four years. corn on a farm. Time marches on. The rural Penicillin came in around 1943 or 1944 people and farmers today are survivors of and was used during the war. Penicillin was the little farms. Even during the ice storm, extremely helpful in treating animals they didn’t seem to complain as much but especially for mastitis in milking cows. The tackled the problem and found a solution big challenge was to eliminate the cause and and went on from there. promote good hygiene. When the milking machine came about, The greatest changes I saw in veterinary the farmers were excited but, again, they medicine were in animal husbandry. Where found a new solution and a new problem and how we house the animals. That was a was created. If the milking machine was left hard sell. I’ve had farmers say to me “I on too long, cows would develop roses on called you to treat the cow, I didn’t call you the opening of the teat. That was not normal to walk up and down my barn and look at and would collect dirt and mastitis was the ventilation”. That was alright. They were rampant. Any new project, there are some

Goulbourn Township Historical Society – Newsletter 2010_3 page 9 expressing their opinion and I was practicing milk. The newborn pigs were disease free. the way I believed. Lots of times, I spent ten We could transfer disease so people who minutes treating the animal and half an hour came into their barns had to shower and be adjusting the ventilation and fans. There disinfected. We had the largest disease free were lots of challenges and opportunities in swine herd in the world. vet practice but you had to be secure enough The sheep were infected with a virus in yourself and your beliefs. You were infection, scrappy, which affected the almost a pioneer and learned from listening nervous system and fleece in the sheep. It and observing and learning and putting new originated in Europe and then moved to techniques into practice. Somehow, I was Iceland and then to Canada. We eliminated cast into that role. If you are a leader, you do this virus the same way we did with the not know if people are chasing you or swine. following you. Good animal management One of the scientists in there developed really makes the difference. canola oil that is used worldwide today. Grant Smith, the Ontario Holstein We’d brown bag it at lunch time and discuss Fieldman from Vankleek Hill to Brockville, the work we were doing between the was there to help. We’d go down there on scientists and me and they’d say “keep Grant’s referral and observe the operation talking Hartin”. With the information we and make recommendations on animal were able to observe together, they would management. I went to one particular vet start up another experiment. They were convention in the United States and one vet worried what mouldy grain would do to from Little Rock, Arkansas, showed us how humans so they fed it to the pigs and did the to pull up a cow’s leg and trim her hooves. research from there. I did the postmortems People would say “you are going to break for the scientists. They kept excellent her leg”. I came home and put this to use records in regard to growth and they knew and it worked like magic. The Agriculture how many pounds of grain it took to put a Canada Rep from Bells Corners had me pound of meat on the animal. I probably speak on animal management and as a have approximately twenty different result, he had me go to Venezuela, Thailand research papers published internationally to and Russia to give cattle management which I had input. However, I wasn’t courses. I was a staff veterinarian with adverse to disagreeing with my superiors Agriculture Canada at this point which I and stating my opinion. They were brilliant, joined in 1977. I did postmortems on every good scientists, and some, at times, lost stillborn animal born at the Experimental touch with reality and common sense. But, Farm. I was there seventeen years and I they would listen when I contributed opened up 14, 000 animals. There were over common sense to the scenario. 500 calves born a year, over 1000 sheep and I have a great respect for nature and the pigs born a year and disease was rampant. successful farmers observed nature and lived We synchronized a bunch of ewes and pigs in harmony with it. If you think of deer, to ovulate at the same time and bred at the their fawns were born in the spring of the same time. About three days before birth, year and I believe that is the way it was with we’d sacrifice the mother, open them up, cattle in the early days. Cattle birthed in take the baby out, revive them and give spring, produced milk all summer on lush them steroids and put them on pasteurized grass and went dry in the fall when their

Goulbourn Township Historical Society – Newsletter 2010_3 page 10 calves could forage for themselves. Early scientists and a couple of veterinarians in a farmers utilized nature’s cycle. Man has large state herd and there was a three year now extended that cycle that milk old heifer at the end of the row chained, not production goes on for twice as long. in a stanchion like in Canada. I stepped in In my position with Agriculture Canada, I beside her – I cheated a bit as I pretty well travelled to Venezuela, Thailand, Russia and knew what age she was. So here is Hartin Holland. In Holland, I spoke to the from Canada and I put my arm over her International Congress on cattle diseases. At head, slipped my hand into her mouth, fist that time, with the advent of sales barns, behind her front teeth because she just has people would take their diseases to the sale teeth on the bottom, felt her molars and barn and it was guaranteed to be distributed handed them a molar that was just in the all over or wherever the stage of falling out. One of them told me cattle went to or came from. Calf mortality later, “Dr. Hartin, if Russia could have seen was really high and it was a challenge. One what you did today, you could have been of our old professors, this was before the age president next year”. It was hard to believe of antibiotics, stressed the importance of how far behind they were. We hear of comfort in treating disease and common missionaries going to countries and I felt sense and just because you gave a calf twice like a missionary in Russia. There were two as much milk, it wouldn’t grow twice as fast state owned farms within five miles of one and it was guaranteed to get indigestion and another with 200 or 300 cows. One of the diarrhea. So, the common sense factor was barns, you would think you were in a mine. important in managing the production of The ventilation was terrible and there was food animals. black algae growing all over the building. I The delegation to Russia was made up of remember looking up and you’d think there a wheat farmer, an agricultural economist, a was a smoking stove in there by the colour woman delegate involved with vegetable of it. The other farm knew the importance of and fruit growers in the Fraser Valley of ventilation and fresh air and it was a B.C. from a union point of view. The four of different cup of tea altogether even though us went over about 1977 sponsored by they were so close together. When you Agriculture Canada and were there for about stressed things like ventilation, some may a month. What amazed me was if you took a have been disappointed but we don’t have shovel full of earth in some of the large the monopoly on virtue and they were quick fields, you wouldn’t know if you were in to catch on to some of these things. Canada or Russia. In regard to animal In Venezuela, there was an oilman down husbandry, they were about forty years there who had imported a large herd of behind the times. People over there were the purebred Canadian cattle, approximately same as here. There were good mangers and 250, and there was an infertility problem. It poor managers. We were able to share the was a sexually transmitted disease and it importance of common sense and good was the bull transmitting the disease. Once, ventilation. They had milking machines we were able to identify the problem, then there but if one could underline the basics of we could manage it. With about $1.00 worth good management so you would not cause of medication, we could infuse their uterus disease like mastitis meant a lot to them. I and lo’ and behold a lot of those animals can still remember out with about four conceived.

Goulbourn Township Historical Society – Newsletter 2010_3 page 11 In Thailand, they had Holstein cattle as green but that we had a lot of potential so he well, imported from Canada. A university sent us out to work at Canada Packers or had a large herd of Canadian cattle. Peter Swift’s Meat plants all across Canada. I got van Adirchem was a Canadian and was the out to just west of Winnipeg to a packing herdsman and it was a joy to work with plant in St. Boniface. I was all nervous and Peter. Peter could speak Thai and as a result excited and when I got there who is the of working through Peter, they were very Chief Meat Inspector but Dr. Younghusband satisfying experiences to go and identify from South March. Well, I just felt like I basic problems and recommend simple was a foster child and he had adopted me. changes in management that would work in Thanks to Dr. McNabb he got us out and harmony with nature and promote health in away from home. Two or three students their dairy cows. The climate in Thailand is worked and roomed in the same place in exceptional and fruit and bananas grow wild Winnipeg. We’d go out and do tuberculosis on the side of the hills. It was a prosperous testing with a government veterinarian. I country from a food point of view but, they happened to go to Brandon and wherever easily could have two crops a year it they we’d go, we would meet characters. The were enthusiastic. They live in the Garden of most memorable one I met was another vet, Eden. We are all unique and different and Harry Ross. I went to his home and here he there are no exceptions. It is just amazing was with a Packard car in a short paved how they learn to live within their laneway and above the garage door, you’d environment. think it was the Royal Bank of Canada, was It was very interesting to visit these HARRY ROSS D.V.M. in huge letters. He countries. In Russia, there was very little gave me some of the best advice I ever got. heat in the amphitheatre and the girls would He said “Hartin, you are going back to sit on the sunny side to keep warm. In one of practice and it doesn’t matter how many these places, there was a caretaker who had people are waiting for you. Whoever you are a child like curiousity or he’d never have working for, you give them the best you’ve stayed in the doorway all day. I do not think got. You can go through the world with one he missed a word that was said and more client waiting on you. You do not need translated. He was back again the second forty or fifty.” That stuck with me. day. Money was scarce and hard to come by. During my university days, from 1945 to Dad was born in 1902 and his Father died graduation in 1949, the Dean of the college when he was ten years old. Grandma Hartin was Andrew McNabb. He was a veterinarian was still on the farm and Dad got a and had a public health degree as well. He mortgage and bought the two hundred acres was an exceptional leader and he took time in 1918. In 1948, the farm was still to interview every student in the class and he mortgaged so we were looking to earn some knew them better than we realized. Here was money. The Pigeon Timber Company Ken Hartin who didn’t know who lived in wanted people to cut pulpwood above Lake Goulbourn Township as we were down in Superior in with the moose and the bear. It Nepean. I didn’t know that Alfie Cathcart sounded promising. We got $4.28 to cut a lived about two fields away from the back of cord of pulpwood, cut, pile it, and haul it out our farm as we hadn’t been away from onto the ice on Pic River. It flowed down to home. McNabb sensed that we were pretty Lake Superior. The vet students were two

Goulbourn Township Historical Society – Newsletter 2010_3 page 12 weeks later coming than the agricultural cut about ½ inch off the back of it and left students. The Guelph football team went up you with a little fine saw and if you were there too to get big and strong. By the time cutting spruce trees, it wouldn’t jam on you. we left, there was fourteen of us left from The thin blade would escape the squeeze up the 114. It was good education – half days of at the top of it. There were a lot of little labour, brought half days of pay. The fact things like that that were unique and that we were able to hang in there until they different. We worked from 7:00 a.m. until closed the camp gave us a sense of 5:00 or 5:30 p.m., six days a week. I wasn’t satisfaction. We were there about two pious but I did not work on Sunday. months. It was rather ironical as my wife, Kay, Breakfast was served in the shanty about saw this book called “Lumberjack” and 6:00 a.m. and just the most abundant food bought it for me for Christmas. On on the table – pancakes, fried potatoes, ham, Christmas Eve, you could open one present bacon, eggs, beans and pies for breakfast. and I opened up this book by Wm. Kurelek. On Sunday morning, the boys would sleep He is a famous Canadian artist but he was in in and I went down to the cookhouse for the camp there with a brownie box camera breakfast. I am the only one sitting in there and he was taking pictures. Eventually, he and I can still see that lemon pie and I ate painted the paintings and published this the whole pie for breakfast. You packed book. This gives you an idea of what was your lunch from breakfast leftovers and took going on at the camp. This fellow, look at it with you. I never gained a pound when I the height of his boots - they called them was up there and cut pulpwood with a swede cookies. Look at the pancakes piled up. saw. On my way home on the CNR, I got off There was lots of good food. You needed it at North Bay to see Uncle Chan who as you worked so hard. I ate a lot but never married one of Mother’s sisters. I went in gained a pound. Each of these people he and shook hands and he didn’t know what painted in his book were real people at the happened to my hands as they were so camp and here I am packing my lunch for calloused from handling cord wood. the bush. We had a senior from Finland and he would sharpen our saws. A swede saw blade …the final part of this story will be in the was about one inch thick and with his next issue of the “Goulbourn News” … ingenuity, he would take a glass cutter and

FUNDRAISING NEWS

The Fundraising Committee is pleased to inform you that, by dining out, you can assist the Society. If you eat at the Broadway Bar and Grill in Stittsville and say “Team 396”, the Society will receive 10% of what you spend. So, everyone, get out to Broadway and say “Team 396”, earn us some money and enjoy.

Goulbourn Township Historical Society – Newsletter 2010_3 page 13 A THOUGHT TO PONDER

“Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.” Erica Jong

MUSEUM HOURS

The Goulbourn Museum Office Hours are Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Our hours for Museum Tours and accessibility to the History Centre for Research are Tuesday through Friday 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The Museum is now open, year round, on Sunday’s from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

******************************** RECIPES ******************************

FIVE CUP This recipe is from G.T.H.S. member, Virginia Notley

1 cup crushed pineapple 1 cup canned mandarin orange segments (cut up into small pieces) 1 cup plain mini-marshmallows 1 cup shredded coconut 1 cup sour cream

Directions : Stir all the ingredients together in a serving bowl, cover and place in the refrigerator for 48 hours before serving. Stir it up a couple of times while it’s in the fridge. Note : You can serve this along with your dinner as a cold salad or it can be the dessert. Comment: I find that people will experiment with various fruits or the various choices of coconut.

************************************************************************ HI! EVERYONE : If you have a favourite family recipe that you’d like to share with your fellow G.T.H.S. members please send it to [email protected] to the attention of: Virginia Notley. Thanks. ****************************************************************************** DID YOU KNOW no means, not at all”, is a piece of chalk Taken from the book titled “The Real used for writing. Two possibilities have McCoy”, (The True Stories Behind Our been suggested as the precise source, either Everyday Phrases) written by Georgia Hole the pub or the classroom. In the case of the (2005). Where and what does the phrase "by pub, the phrase would refer to the practice of a long chalk – by far" comes from and means?: The chalk in this phrase and in its marking up points scored in a game on a opposite, not by a long chalk meaning ‘by blackboard. In the classroom, teachers used

Goulbourn Township Historical Society – Newsletter 2010_3 page 14 to award marks for merit and chalk these up than other people can also be seen in the use on a blackboard. In either case, a long line of chalk something up to mean achieve of chalk marks against your name would something noteworthy, as in “Roberts mean you were way ahead of the others. chalked up his hundredth Test wicket in the This image of succeeding or doing better record time of two years and 144 days.

Obituaries – Goulbourn Residents

ARGUE, DALE - On August 12, 2010, in his 73rd year, husband of Petra (nee CROSS, KRISTEN SARAH ANNE - On Eriksen) and father of Kim, Rick, Sue and August 18, 2010, aged 19, daughter of Doug (Ang). Also survived by 5 Cheryl (nee McKenzie) and David. Sister of grandchildren, his sister Dawn Lancaster Ashley, Damian, Brett and Zachary. (Art) and brother Kerry (Val). Son of the late Bert and Almena Argue. DAVIS, MARILYN JEAN (nee McBryde) - On August 21, 2010, aged 69, wife of Doug BARKLEY, GLENN - On August 5, 2010, and mother of Debbie (Wade), Penny aged 68, husband of Margaret and father of (Chris), Patti Jo (Michel), Kerry (Chris) and Angela, Tammy White and Tracey Melanie (Henry). Grandmother of 12 and 2 Medynski (Calvin). Also survived by 2 great-grandchildren and sister of Norma grandchildren and his sister Ruth Bell (Bob). Todd, Lorna McCurdy, late Harold McBryde and late Elaine McBryde. BLACK, LORNA - On July 30, 2010, in her 83rd year, wife of the late Donald and EL-KASSIS, TARIK (TONY ) - On July 8, mother of Barry (Claire) and Cheryl. 2010, aged 59, husband of Cecile and father Survived by 3 grandchildren. Sister of of Savanah, Yasmine, Magida, Samira. Ruth Bradley (late Cy); predeceased by Margaret (Meryl Dobson), Tom (Pearl), HOWIE, H. STERLING - On August 15, Harold (Helen) and Ken (Betty). 2010, aged 67, husband of Grace Brydges and father of Bonnie Harris (Doug), Cheryl BLACK, WILLIAM DONALDSON (Don) Campbell (Russ), Stephen (Connie) and - On August 4, 2010, in his 87th year, Tanya Belland (Terry). Survived by 10 husband of Madeline and father of Catherine grandchildren. Brother of Allan (Margaret), (Gerry), Stephen (Bella), Elizabeth (Ewen) Emma Syme (the late Nelson), Doris and Richard (Linda) . Grandfather of 17 and Murray (the late Everett), the late Armer 8 great-grandchildren. (Mary) and the late Bill.

BURTON, MARILYN (nee Dewar) - On MAXWELL, WILFRID - On September 2, July 25, 2010, aged 61, wife of Ron Burton 2010, aged 92, husband of Lyla Lipke and and mother of Curtis (Stacey) and Tim father of Heather Arnold (late Bruce) and (Tracey). Also survived by her sister Margaret Baxter (David). Also survived by Heather and 4 grandchildren. 4 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild.

Goulbourn Township Historical Society – Newsletter 2010_3 page 15 Predeceased by his siblings, John, Tom, (Connie) and Kevin (Brenda). Survived by Mary McHugh, Leo, Katie Moran and 4 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild and Gertie Maxwell. her sisters Gail Ramesbottom (Gerry), Leona Kavanagh and brother Wayne (Pat). McCAFFREY, DOREEN M. (nee Predeceased by her siblings Irene Seabrook) - On August 3, 2010, aged 80, Richardson, Ivan, Beverly, Raymond and wife of the late Ray and mother of Brian Ronald.

MOORE, LORNA EVELYN (nee Smith) - STUYT, WILLIAM - On July 8, 2010, aged On July 26, 2010, in her 93rd year, wife of 81, husband of Alida and father of Gerry the late Clifford. Mother of Ronald (Anne), (Wendy), Johan (Krittayaporn), Fred Jean (Ron Ireland), Sefton (Barbara), (Sharon) and Kenny. Also survived by 18 Marion (Stan Ford), Elva (Keith Cavanagh, grandchildren and 5 brothers and sisters. Elaine (Rolf Rolof) and Ross (Susan). Sister of Earl, Fern Massey and the late Sefton and SYNN, PO WEL (Helen ) - On July 18, Emery Also survived by many 2010, aged 72, wife of the late Wah Chan, grandchildren and their families as well as mother of Peter Chan (Megan) and her sister-in-law Emily Smith. grandmother of Anna and Alex.

NORRIS, JOAN MARGARET - On August WEBB, REGINALD D. - On August 11, 4, 2010, in her 89th year, wife of the late 2010, aged 70, husband of Eve (Yvonne) Joseph Edward Norris and mother of Gillian and father of Carolin Vaughn (Rick), Susie (Jeffrey), Brenda and Elizabeth (Sylvi). Kuiack and Tracey Tompkins (Barry). Also Grandmother of 4 and sister of Joyce and the survived by 8 grandchildren and 1 great- late John. grandchild.

RING, MARILYN (nee Coulas ) - On WEBSTER, PIERETTE (nee Charbonneau) August18, 2010, aged 55, wife of Michael - On July 7, 2010, aged 60, wife of Bruce and mother of Angela and Stephen and mother of Dan. (Christine). YURKIEW, PETER - On September 3, SPARKIS, CLAYTON F. P. - On August13, 2010, aged 90, husband of Selina and step- 2010, aged 83, son of the late Edna and father of Judy (Robert Dungey). Also Fleming Sparks. Brother of Irene, Hugh survived by 3 grandchildren and their (late Marjorie), Shirley Gilchrist (Joe), Lois families Roll (Bob), the late Iris and the late Lorne.

Obituaries - Former Goulbourn Residents

(Joyce), Bob (Audrey), Barbara Tracey, the COOK, ETHEL MILDRED (nee Moore) - late Brock and Brian (the late Janet). Also On August 11, 2010, in her 96th year, wife survived by 8 grandchildren and 1 great- of the late John Cook, mother of Bill grandchild as well as her sisters Kathleen

Goulbourn Township Historical Society – Newsletter 2010_3 page 16 Rea and Marion Nesbitt. Predeceased by and Bruce (Wendy) and grandfather of her sisters Olive, Irene and Ella, and her Kaitlin, Alison and John. brother Clayton. HOULE, OSCAR - On August 19, 2010, FOSTER, GARNET JOHN - On July 7, aged 52, son of the late Maurice and Irene 2010, in his 90th year, husband of Minerva Houle, husband of Brenda and father of Davidson, father of Steven (Wendy), Janet Roxanne Stants (Mike), April, Patricia and the late Lois Irene. KAPTEYNS, THEO - On August 6, 2010, Lynn Young (Kevin). Also survived by 8 aged 59, husband of Robyn and father of grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild. Sandy, Coleen, Leonna (Andrew), Bayley, Ryan and Kassidy. Also survived by his MATSON, DORIS ANNE (nee Cathcart) - mother Anna Kapteyns (the late William). In Mississauga, on August 5, 2010, daughter of Howard and Elizabeth Cathcart (nee LEDUC, PAUL ALEXANDER - On Rea). Wife of Howard and mother of Paul September 2, 2010, aged 73, husband of (Helene), Peter (Margaret), Philip, Patricia Dorothy May (nee Bell) and father of Mark (Lawrence Jones). Also survived by 6 (deceased), Shawn (Jane McClurg) and grandchildren. Sister of the late Elmer, Merrill and Rea.

Obituaries – Out-of-town Relatives

BRYDGES, CECIL ROY - In Carleton LEACOCK, ARTHUR A. - In Place on August 18, 2010, brother of Grace on August 26, 2010, aged 88, father of Howie (the late Sterling) of Stittsville. Connie Jean (Don) Bielby of Ashton.

BUSKE, DOUGLAS DONALD JAMES - ROUD, G. CAMERON - In Kingston on In Pembroke on July 5, 2010, aged 80, August 3, 2010, aged 70, father of Steve father of Judy Sabourin (David) of Stittsville (Debbie) of Stittsville.

CHILL, ARTHUR - In Surrey, BC, in STEDMAN, ELISABETH (nee Howe) - In August, father of Paula Munro (Gillis) of Halifax on August 24, 2010, sister of the late Stittsville. Bill Howe (Joan) of Goulbourn.

DONALDSON, ANNE (nee Anderson) - In ZANDBERGEN, JOHANNA (JOAN) - In Perth on July 27, 2010, aged 76, mother of Brockville, on August 3, 2010, in her 97th Steven (Karen) of Richmond. year, mother of Alice (Jim) Van Doorn of Stittsville. HALL, KENNETH ARTHUR - On August 31, 2010, aged 90, brother of Helen Cathcart (late Percy). This newsletter is produced with the assistance of the City of Ottawa and the Ontario Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Recreation.

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